coronavirus 70 passengers refuse to board a plane with Wuhan residents, causing a 5-hour standoff Carla Sinclair

coronavirus Racial disparity in COVID cases far worse than you imagined, CDC data shows Xeni Jardin

tabloids Roy Horn lives, China lied, and Murder Hornets Swarm America, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

music On the 50th anniversary of Kent State Massacre, listen to the Isley Brothers' "Ohio" David Pescovitz

#CoronavirusLockdown Scooter sharing companies got clobbered by the pandemic Mark Frauenfelder

social distancing Why is everyone suddenly baking bread? I think I know Gareth Branwyn

disasters NYT: In times of global shock people help each other, while the elite panic Mark Frauenfelder

tabloids Unstoppable plague, Doomsday is here, and Cruel Meghan, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

tabloids Bigfoot sighted, the Queen’s $1 trillion tax bill, and coronavirus targets the stars, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

privacy The answer to the Clearview AI scandal is better privacy laws, not anti-scraping laws Cory Doctorow

Gadgets 14 gift deals to jump on before Green Monday arrives Boing Boing's Shop

politics Peak billionaire: a billionaire tries to purchase a party nomination to outflank anti-billionaires so he can run against another billionaire Cory Doctorow

canada Sidewalk Labs' quiet plan for Canada's banks to manage a national digital ID for health care and housing Lilian Radovac

law GIF site Gfycat announces mass deletions, threatens Archive Team with lawsuit Rob Beschizza

uk Massive spike in young people registering to vote in the UK Cory Doctorow

white power hour Tucker Carlson says blaming white supremacy for mass shootings is a "hoax" Rob Beschizza

surveillance capitalism Internet users are wising up to persuasive "nudge" techniques Cory Doctorow

delete facebook Videos of organs being harvested from living children are big on Facebook now Xeni Jardin

grinder That Capresso conical burr grinder Mark recommended is wonderful Jason Weisberger

tumblr Before Tumblr switched off access to NSFW blogs, it blocked archivists who were trying to preserve them Cory Doctorow